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Deep vein thrombosis!..Spacecadet is ready for the knackers yard!

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 09:57

I dont beleive it, woke up yesterday morning with agonisingly painful, swollen calf, took myself off to hospital yesterday afternoon when it didnt get any better and its a dvt!, had my first clexane injection last night..ouch!
have to go back to mau every evening for 5 days to have further injections, didnt get back from hospital till midnight last night, had to sit there with 4 kids, all whom are shattered today, i didnt get to bed till nearly one, then dd was up again at 5.30Sad, so im exhausted, and ive got to go back there again this evening with all the kids in tow.{rant over} thanks for reading this!

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cori · 21/03/2006 09:59

Bloody hell, How did you get that?

TearsBeforeBedtime · 21/03/2006 10:00

bl**dy hell Spacey! poor you. Is there no way you could twist DD1s arm to watch the kids at home this evening? Not ideal of course, but better than them all spending the evening at the hospital?

TearsBeforeBedtime · 21/03/2006 10:00

ROFL that both mine and Cori's first instinctive response was "bl**dy hell"(!)

JackieNo · 21/03/2006 10:01

Oh no - you poor thing Shock. Hope it starts to feel better soon. Like you haven't been through enoughSad. Thinking of you.

Chapsmum · 21/03/2006 10:01

Oh por you spacey! It the sexy thigh high stockings for you my dear! You have my deapest sympathies, hope things resolve soon!

Could they not let you inject yourself (less hastle for the wee ones...?)

noddyholder · 21/03/2006 10:01

Is there no one who could have the kids while you go?You poor thing that sounds so stressful you need some help Where are you?

tracyk · 21/03/2006 10:02

Can you not go to GP for injextion or do yourself? I had to do injection once a day all through pg a couple of years ago.

Kidstrack2 · 21/03/2006 10:03

OMG hope you are better soon, so scarey

TearsBeforeBedtime · 21/03/2006 10:03

spacey is in the sticks in Cambs.

puff · 21/03/2006 10:06

Oh sc, as if you haven't had enough to deal with Sad!

Hopefully some Mumsnetters within striking distance can come to the rescue and help out.

I really hope you get better soon.

Do they know what caused it?

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 10:15

tbb-i may have to blackmail dd to babysit!
chapsmum-yes im in possession of some delightful ted stockings! they wouldnt let me imject myself thoughSad.
i have to have my injection between 8-10pm so naturally theres no one in the doctors surgery.
i do have a previous history of blood clots.

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TearsBeforeBedtime · 21/03/2006 10:18

you could understand it more if you'ld actually had a chance to completely rest up with the pneumonia but it's not as if you've had the chance to have a few weeks in bed all day (my gran got a PE after being laid up with septicaemia)

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 10:18

no chance of me staying still!

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Chapsmum · 21/03/2006 10:19

Oh spacey, If you stayed near glasgow i would do it for you, poor girl!Sad

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 10:21

gosh i didnt realise you were in glasgow chapsmum.

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puff · 21/03/2006 10:23

let's keep this bumped and see if anyone can help

pebblemum · 21/03/2006 10:23

Poor you. Sounds like you caught it nice and early though. My mum had this when I was 5 and she had been to the doctors about a severe pain in her leg, swellings etc several times but they put it down to pulling a muscle Shock. In the end mum was so bad dad had to call the emergency doc out and he had her rushed into hospital that night. She was lucky she went in when she did or it could have been a lot worse. Luckily there has been a lot of coverage about DVT over the years so more people realise they have it a lot quicker.

Hope you are soon feeling better, it must be harder for you than mum as my sister was 20 and married at the time so she looked after me while mum was in hospital. Hope you get all the love and support you need. {{{{hugs}}}

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 10:24

thanks pebblemum, i knew wha it was as ive had one before(and im a nurse!)

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puff · 21/03/2006 10:45

bump

gomez · 21/03/2006 10:48

Is there no District Nurse who could help out? Call your GP and see if they can offer a solution.

Hope the injections clear it up for you.

trace2 · 21/03/2006 10:52

glad they got it early, i had one didnt know until i bit broke off and got in my lung, they said a few hours more am i would have been died

threelittlebabies · 21/03/2006 11:00

Oh no spacey, you poor thing Sad

Agree, could a district nurse or out of hrs gp (ha!) do the injections at home? v unreasonable to have to drag kids out at that hour. Wonder if you would get any help from homestart- for this and in general? Hope you feel better soon xxx

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 11:03

we dont have an out of hours service provided by our gp, we have an out of hours service provided by the hospital, so you have to travel there anyway!

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spacecadet · 21/03/2006 11:04

trace2, i had a pe after dd2 was born, very frightening.

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threelittlebabies · 21/03/2006 11:32

Oh poo. I suspected as much though (hence the ha!) as our gp has abdicated all out of hrs service to a general clinic, which you have to go to, or to a&e. Couldn't even get them to come out to me one week after section with midwife ringing them during surgery hrs!! ShockRun out of suggestions, sorry. Wish I could help, but am miles away Sad